Acting
Maxine Peake
Maxine Peake (born 14 July 1974) is an English stage, radio, film and television actress, playwright, producer, director and political activist, who made her name as Twinkle in Victoria Wood's sitcom Dinnerladies. She has since played Veronica in Channel 4's Manchester-based drama series Shameless, barrister Martha Costello in the BBC legal drama Silk and Grace Middleton in The Village. She is also an accomplished stage actress, having played the title role in Hamlet, and had a role in the 2014 film The Theory of Everything. In 2018 she played the lead in the film Funny Cow and had a starring role in Mike Leigh's epic Peterloo, a film very close to her heart.
Acting
- 2026Last SeenJenna Reid6 ep.
- 2026BaitHelen2 ep.
- 2024The Haunted SeasonThe Englishwoman (voice)1 ep.
- 2024Say NothingOlder Dolours Price9 ep.
- 2024Secret Life of the Safari ParkNarrator6 ep.
- 2022Art That Made UsSelf - Actrice (Rules of the Game, Anne)2 ep.
- 2022Rules of the GameSam Thompson4 ep.
- 2022AnneAnne Williams4 ep.
- 2021Star Wars: VisionsKalina Kalfus (voice)1 ep.
- 2020MandySusan Blower1 ep.
- 2020Alan Bennett's Talking HeadsMiss Fozzard1 ep.
- 2018The BisexualSadie6 ep.
- 2018Dinnerladies DiariesSelf3 ep.
- 2018The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To CancerSelf - Guest1 ep.
- 2017Three GirlsSara Rowbotham3 ep.
- 2017We Have Been WatchingSelf5 ep.
- 2015ArtsnightSelf - Presenter1 ep.
- 2014Inside No. 9Nadia1 ep.
- 2013The VillageGrace Middleton12 ep.
- 2012Room at the TopAlice Aisgill2 ep.
- 2012The Hollow CrownDoll Tearsheet2 ep.
- 2011Black MirrorBella1 ep.
- 2011SilkMartha Costello QC18 ep.
- 2009Red Riding1 ep.
- 2008The Devil's WhoreElizabeth Lilburne4 ep.
- 2008Little DorritMiss Wade14 ep.
- 2008Criminal JusticeJuliet Miller5 ep.
- 2008Fairy TalesCindy Mellor1 ep.
- 2007The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelf1 ep.
- 2006See No Evil: The Moors MurdersMyra Hindley2 ep.
- 2006The Street1 ep.
- 2004ShamelessVeronica Fisher26 ep.
- 2003Comedy Connections1 ep.
- 2003Early DoorsJanice6 ep.
- 2002TimeshiftSelf - Narrator1 ep.
- 2001Linda GreenReceptionist1 ep.
- 2001MessiahDS Vickie Clarke3 ep.
- 2000Clocking OffMarie Leach1 ep.
- 2000At Home with the BraithwaitesTrixie Fletcher1 ep.
- 1999SunburnSue1 ep.
- 1998dinnerladiesTwinkle16 ep.
- 1997Jonathan CreekMarion Cretiss1 ep.
- 1996Hetty Wainthropp InvestigatesPhotocopy Assistant1 ep.
- 1987ChuckleVision1 ep.
- 1978The South Bank Show2 ep.
- —First Day on EarthHelen
- —The Unheard1 ep.
Guest appearances
- 2026BaitHelen2 ep.
- 2025The Haunted SeasonThe Englishwoman (voice)1 ep.
- 2025The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To CancerSelf - Guest1 ep.
- 2023Star Wars: VisionsKalina Kalfus (voice)1 ep.
- 2022Art That Made UsSelf - Actrice (Rules of the Game, Anne)2 ep.
- 2022The One ShowSelf - Guest1 ep.
- 2020MandySusan Blower1 ep.
- 2020Alan Bennett's Talking HeadsMiss Fozzard1 ep.
- 2020Inside No. 9Nadia1 ep.
- 2016The Graham Norton ShowSelf2 ep.
- 2017Black MirrorBella1 ep.
- 2015TimeshiftSelf - Narrator1 ep.
- 2015ArtsnightSelf - Presenter1 ep.
- 2012The Hollow CrownDoll Tearsheet2 ep.
- 2009The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelf1 ep.
- 2009The Street1 ep.
- 2009Red Riding1 ep.
- 2008Fairy TalesCindy Mellor1 ep.
- 2007ShamelessVeronica Fisher1 ep.
- 2006ChuckleVision1 ep.
- 2006Comedy Connections1 ep.
- 2003At Home with the BraithwaitesTrixie Fletcher1 ep.
- 2002Dalziel and PascoeDr Allison Laurie1 ep.
- 2001Linda GreenReceptionist1 ep.
- 2000Clocking OffMarie Leach1 ep.
- 1999Jonathan CreekMarion Cretiss1 ep.
- 1999SunburnSue1 ep.
- 1996The South Bank Show2 ep.
- 1996Hetty Wainthropp InvestigatesPhotocopy Assistant1 ep.